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hay an act ‘of Assembly, passed in the year 1802, the 
Count Court have power to establish Rules and Regula- 
tions for the government of the Patrollers in their respective » 


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shall be their duty, for two of their number, at 
. trol their respective districts once in every. week ; 


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5th. Previous to entering on their duties, Patrols shall ? 
call on some acting magistrate, and take the following oath, i 
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to wit: **J, A. B. appointed one of the Patrol by the County ‘ 


Court ef Rowan, for Captain B’s company, do hereby swear, 
that Iwill faithfully execute the duties of a Patroller, to the ‘ 4 
best of my ability, according to law and the regulations of the 
County Court. Signed, Be i. 


66 Witness, CG. D. J ear 


Whereupon, the officiating magistrate shall make out and 
deliver to him, or them, the following certificate, to wit: ‘* J, 
C’. D. one of the acting magistrates of Rowan County, do 
hereby certify, that A. B. came before me, on this the day 
of A,.D.182 and was duly sworn faith- 
jully to execute the duties of a Patroller for this County, in 
Captain B’s company, according to law and the regulations of 4 
the Gounty Court in such case made and provided. 


Signed, C.D. g. Be) 


And no Patroller, without this certificate, shall be allowed 


the privileges and compensation otherwise extended to them. — 


6th. If any Patroller, while in the discharge of his duty, 
shall get drunk, or behave ir a riotous or disorderly manner, 
he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be recov- 
ered in the name of the chairman of the County Court. He 


is also, by law, subject to indictment. 


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7th. The Sheriff of the county shall have the acts of As- 


sembly relating to Patrols, together with these regulations, 


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printed; and, in future, furnish each set of Patrols with a 


copy of the same; and he shall be allowed for the cost ofgg 
printing, in his settlement with the county Trustee. uy | 


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Extracts from the Acts of Assembly concerning the duties and 
privileges of PATROLS. 


As acompensation for the services required of patrollers as 
such, they shall be exempt from serving on juries, working on 
roads, and from the payment of all parish and county taxes to the 
amount of forty shillings ; and in addition to the fees hitherto 
allowed by law, the patrollers so appointed shall be entitled to 
receive the one half of the penalties recovered under this act, in 
the district in which such patrollers may respectively act and 
reside, except such penalties as may be incurred by hiring to 
negroes their own time. Act, 1794, Chap. 4. 


The patrollers in each district, or a majority of those present, 
shall have power to inflict a punishment not exceeding fifteen 
lashes, on all slaves they may find off their owner’s plantation, or 
travelling on the sabbath, or other unreasonable time, without a 
proper permit or pass. 


The several county courts within this state, shall have full 
power and lawful authority to direct, in such manner and in such 
numbers, and under such rules, regulations and restrictions, the 
patrols in their respective counties shall be appointed and gov- 
erned ; and the said patrols when appointed, shall be subject to 
suck rules, regulations and restrictions as their respective county 
courts shall ordain and establish, and under such fines and pen- 
alties as the said court shall fix ana direct. Act, 1802, Chap. 15. 


It shall be the duty of the patrollers, for at least two of their 
number appointed as aforesaid, to patrol their respective districts 
once, at least, in two weeks, for the purpose of carrying this act 
into effect ; and on failure, or neglect to perform such services, 
every person so failing or neglecting shall forfeit and pay the sum 
of ten pounds, recoverable before any jurisdiction having cogni- 
zance thereof,—one-half to the use of the informer, and the other 


half to the use of the county where the same is recoverable. 
Act, 1794. 


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Extract of Acts of Assembly concerning Slaves. 
_ Ifany free negro, or mulatto, shall entertain any slave in his 
or her house, during the Sabbath, or in the night, between sun- 


_ get and sun-rise, he or she shall be subject to a fine of twenty 


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shilligs for the first, offence, and forty shillings for every subse- 


quent offence—to be recovered on conviction, before any justice 
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of the peace. Act, 1787. us 


The act of 1788, inflicts a penalty of ten pounds on any! free’! q 


person, for either buying from, or selling to, slaves, any kind of - 


goods or,commodities whatsoever, without a permission in wri- — 


ting from the owner or manager of such slaves, setting forth the 


identical articles for sale. -If any slave or slaves shall offer any 
article whatever for sale without such permission, it shall be Iaw- — 


ful for any person knowing the same, to apprehend such slave, 


and on due proof of the offence before a justice of the peace, he 


may order the said slave to receive a number of lashes, not ex- 
ceeding thirty-nine, on the bare back. 


Any person who shall entice or persuade any servant or slave 
to absent him or herself from his or her owner’s service, or who 
shall harbor or maintain any runaway servant or slave, shall, for 
every such offence, forfeit and pay to the owner of such servant 
or slave, the sum of fifty pounds. Act, 1798. 


It shall not be lawful, under any pretence whatever, for any 


person or persons to allow his, her, or their slaye, or any slave 
under his, her, or their direction, to hire his, her, or their time, — 
under the penalty of forfeiting the sum of twenty pounds for 


each and every offence, to be recovered before any justice of the 
peace, to the sole benefit of the party prosecuting. Act, 1794. 


Tf any slave or slaves, shall hereafter be allowed by his or her 
master, owner, or manager, to hire out him or herself, such slave. 
may.be taken up by any magistrate or freeholder, and kept to. 
hard labor for the use of the poor a the county for any time not 
exceeding twenty days. 


No slave shall go armed with gun, sword, club, or other wea- 
pon, or shall keep any such weapon, or shall hunt or range with 
a gun in the woods, upon any pretence whatsoever: and if any 
slave shall be found offending herein, it shall and may be lawful 
for any person or persons to seize and take to his own use, such 


un, sword, or other weapon, and to apprehend and deliver such — 
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slave to the next constable, who is enjoined and required without 
further order or warrant, to give such slave twenty lashes on his 


or her bare back, and to send him or her home; and the master 


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or owner of such slave shall pay to the taker up of such armed 
_ slave, the same reward as by law is allowed for taking up runa- 


ways. Provided, That the Master has a right, under certain cir- 


_ cumstances, to employ any one slave on each plantation to carry a 
‘gun to preserve stock, or kill game. 


No person shall grant permission for any meeting or meetings 


_ of the negroes of others, or people of color, at his, her, or their 


houses, or on his, her, or their plantation, for the purpose of 
crinking or dancing, under the penalty of forfeiting ten pounds, 
on conviction of such offence in any court having jurisdiction 
thereof, unless such slave shall have a special permit in writing, 
or otherwise, from his or her owner, for that purpose. 


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